Reciprocal saw correlator method and apparatus
US5081642A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/7093
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A surface-acoustic-wave correlator for decoding a spread-spectrum signal having a data signal modulated with a plurality of chip sequences and reciprocal-chip sequences. A tapped-delay-line has a plurality of taps defining a tapped-delay-line structure matched to the chip sequence. In response to a plurality of first chips and second chips embedded in the spread-spectrum signal, the tapped-delay line generates TDL-chip sequences and inverse-TDL-chip sequences. A first transducer is acoustically coupled to the tapped-delay-line. In response to the spread-spectrum signal modulated by the chip sequence, the first transducer correlates a first group of the plurality of TDL-chip sequences and inverse-TDL-chip sequences and outputs a first correlation pulse. A second transducer is acoustically coupled to the tapped-delay-line. In response to the spread-spectrum signal modulated by the reciprocal-chip sequence, the second transducer correlates a second group of the plurality of TDL-chip sequences and inverse-TDL-chip sequences and outputs a second correlation pulse. In response to the first correlation pulse and the second correlation pulse, a decision circuit outputs the first bit and th…
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